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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
2
Train service on the Monon Route shows trains 9 and 11 will carry through coaches from Indianapolis while trains 1 through 4 and 10 and 12 run through to Chicago. Stephen Ridlen reports Aceat TM.
Local items list visits and moves including Chautauqua week plans July 24 to 28. Lingle travels to Louisville and a new bookkeeper hire at Orange County Bank. Various residents, friends, and relatives are noted with short visits, changes, and health updates across Bloomington, Culver Military School, and Orleans township.
Local residents attend funerals and visits with kin across Livonia French Lick and Mooresville. Paoli Hardware promotes tires mowers and bindings. Theater shows Strathmore at Gem Theatre. Community updates include school seniors entertaining juniors and county board appointments with Judge Paynter naming Lane and Galloway.
One of the oldest and most respected citizens of Javenia, Henry Gardner, died last week and was buried Sunday. He was about 95 years old and had lived in the area for many years.
The text records funeral attendance for W. L. Alexander in Harrison county, visits by Mrs Eligaveth Kveth to Stampers Creek, and Miss Marie Bowles visiting her grandmother A. G. Bowles, with brief notes on travel and return home.
Miss Mellen Horton promotes special attention to music education with biweekly history and biography sessions. Pupils are invited to take cass lessons, with forty five minute classes and contact phone 26.
James H. Lindley a longtime resident of West Baden and French Lick died at his French Lick home last Thursday at age 51. He was born in Chambersburg and later ran a business in West Baden. He leaves a widow and five children and was remembered as a pleasant respected citizen. Funeral services by Rev. J. M. Walker of New Albany were held at Ames Chapel with interment at Ames Cemetery. Obituary next week.
Fragmentary note claims catarrh is more common in the country than other diseases and asserts a supposed incurable condition, urging readers to send for details about a remedy.
B V Rhodes and brother Will A Rhodes have sold the Paoli and New Albany stage line after 25 years carrying passengers mail and packages. Lewis Is Stoy of New Albany purchases to run an automobile line from New Albany through French Lick to West Baden Springs with daily 8 am departures. Rhodes’s punctual service is noted as a town clock standard, the line shifting from weekly to tri weekly and then daily in recent years.
Hammer Bros offers pure white lead at eight pounds per unit but cannot be bought for less than ten cents today. Hanna's Green Seal Paint touted as top mixed paint in the era alongside Glass Doors and Four Panel Doors. Includes references to Cross Panel Doors Build burg Red Comet and Blacksmith Coal and ice.
Charles M. Ham notes a warm Mothers Day program at the M E Church last Sunday. Officers and two young ladies distributed ribbon bows to attendees based on whether their mothers were living or deceased. Reverend Alex dersmog delivered an apt message. Henry F. Davidson resigns after eighteen years as West Baden Springs Co bookkeeper, planning a rest at home. Paoli Hardware advertises seed and corn. Mrs W F Hoppe leaves Monday for Greenville visits.
A home ad notes laundry soap costs often higher than expected and promotes Borax as a money saver. It claims Borax cuts bills by half and makes washing easier, with a tag for "20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips" at 250 to beat 60¢ worth of soap or powders.
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